We the people of Puketapu and Taranaki residing near Nelson and other places in the the Province of Nelson hereby acknowledge the receipt of Two hundred pounds stg. from the Government paid on behalf of the Government of New Zealand to us by Thomas Edward Young Esquire this money is compensation for all our lands confiscated by the Government and for our claims to lands ceded formerly to the Government on Waiongana To Timaru. Receipt for £200, Nelson claims. account of which we received nothing at the time. This money is paid in respect of all lands in the Province of Taranaki whether confiscated or ceded between Waiongana on North and Timaru on the South.